“Michigan Spirit
Quest”
The Michigan Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by MICHIGAN Pioneers. This series is inspired by and is a
continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by
SixDogTeam. In just over two and a half years, the SPIRIT QUEST has
grown to over five hundred and fifty caches and the hiders have
grown to twenty-five cacher teams in 3 states and one province,
most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans.
Over 1,000 cachers have logged over 20,000
finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ caches in a single day
(daylight hours only).
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Michigan Spirit Quest
#10
"HONEST
ELISHA"
Welcome to North Gilead
Cemetery, Branch Co., MI. This cemetery has many old, beautiful
stones honoring the local pioneers and veterans buried here. While
researching the cemetery, I ran across a story one man buried here
that stuck in my head. He wasn't a wealthy man. He wasn't a soldier
who died in battle. He was just an average business man. But he
represents an moral that I think is lacking in many people today –
HONESTY. That man is Elisha B. Williams, d: Mar 15,
1884.
The tale as it appears in History
of Branch County, Michigan: Elisha B. Williams once wished
to use $100 in his business, and went to Abishai Sanders to borrow
that amount. Mr. Sanders was at work at a distance from the house,
and, when Mr. Williams had made known his errand, said to him, "I
guess I can let you have it. You'll find the pocket-book on the
mantel-shelf over the fireplace. Go and get it, take out what you
want, and then put the book back." Mr. Williams preferred to have
him go and get it, but he refused to do so. So, he went to the
house, took down the pocket-book, which contained $500, and counted
out the amount he wanted. Mrs. Sanders was present, but refused to
get the money, saying she was "no hand to count it." When Mr.
Williams went to pay back the borrowed money, he found Mr. Sanders
in the woods, and tendered him the money. Sanders refused to take
it, saying, "You borrowed the money of the pocket-book, now
you must pay it back to the pocket-book." And so he did.
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING
WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container is
an ammo box. The cache is not located near a grave... If
you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground
or replace it. As always, please be respectful, and cache in,
trash out. Say a prayer for our brave troops, fighting
overseas. God Bless America!
MSQ caches are
brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOMSQ: SixDogTeam (Earthdog Patrick,
Lead Dog, Wheel Dog), Wolverine Warriors, The Outcaches,
SafariBob & Tweety, Pairomedicchick, Son of Cyclops and
MedClown. If you are interested in spreading the Quest to
your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email
Wolverine Warriors.
*Grand Exalted Order of
the Michigan Spirit
Quest*
